Understanding Health Insurance

These resources are for anyone shopping (or helping someone shop) for health coverage within the health insurance marketplaces created through the Affordable Care Act (also known as the ACA or Obamacare).

For coverage in 2019, open enrollment began Thursday, November 1, 2018 and ended on Saturday, December 15, 2018 in healthcare.gov states. Some state-run Marketplaces hold longer open enrollment periods.